Children's Enviro Book

An enviro book for children is now available to help teach children about the dangers of plastic pollution. This book is designed to be read by parents or teachers to 3 to 6 year olds and is the first of a series involving Enviro Archie. In the first book, we join 5-year old Archie as he visits the beach with his Mother in the small town of Weston. Archie soon gets involved in a beach clean-up and learns how dangerous litter can be to birds, fish, turtles and dolphins.

Go Green in 2018

A new range of pricing packages will be available in 2018 to make it more economical for early learning centres to enjoy the benefits of the Small GREEN Steps program over a longer period with more time to implement the program.

Small Green Steps - USA

The Small Green Steps program and associated online courses are available to childcare educators across the USA. The online sustainability program has already been a hit with early learning organizations in the UK and Australia.

Our new Adelaide Agent

We are happy to announce that Graeme Ward has joined the Small GREEN Steps team and is now available to assist early learning services in the ADELAIDE area. Graeme has been involved in the sustainability sector since 2009 and brings with him a wide range of experience particularly in the area of energy efficiency. Graeme is available to visit your centre to help you embed sustainable practices. In particular Graeme can provide:

Eco Bins

In order to help you in your Small Green Steps waste management activities, we strongly recommend the Ecobin system. Ecobin was established in Melbourne in 2008 and is a 4 bin waste separation system that helps you sort waste into four categories - Organic, Mixed, Landfill and Paper.

Status of the Global Climate - 2017 Statement

Competition Time

Email us your favourite environmental or sustainability photograph in our very first Small GREEN Steps competition. The photo can be from an environmental or gardening project at your centre or the photo can be from your travels showing nature at its best.

Plastic Paradise

One of the world’s most remote places, an uninhabited coral atoll, is also one of its most polluted. Henderson Island, a tiny landmass in the eastern South Pacific, has been found by marine scientists to have the highest density of anthropogenic debris recorded anywhere in the world, with 99.8% of the pollution plastic.

Hawaii bans polystyrene containers

Polystyrene foam has grown to be an impressively famous element of the food industry. Like practically all plastics, it is very easy and convenient to use, which makes it a perfect material for single-use food containers thanks to its aptitude for preserving heat – or, rather, it would be perfect if not for its serious environmental impact.

Small Green Steps UK

The Small Green Steps program has recently been launched to childcare centres and nurseries in the UK. The majority of the original program material has remained untouched however the Australian specific material has been replaced by UK material.

Washed Ashore

Small GREEN Steps are proud sponsors of the 'Washed Ashore' marine debris sculpture project at St Andrew's Anglican College. Students were asked to make sculptures from plastic pollution gathered from local beaches.

Balloon Waste

The CSIRO recently outlined balloons to be in the top three most harmful pollutants threatening marine wildlife. Every day balloons are released or accidentally escape from outdoor events where they almost definitely end up in waterways and the ocean where they can be mistaken by wildlife for food.

Victoria Lagging

Almost every State and Territory in Australia has taken some steps to protect our valuable waterways and marine life, whether it is in the form of container deposit schemes, single use plastic bag bans or a government plan to combat marine plastic pollution.

Sustainability Books

The first of a line of Sustainability Books is now available to purchase. The books have been written for early childhood Educators to provide a basic understanding of key environmental and sustainability issues.

Renew your Small Green Steps certificate

Credit Cards now accepted

We are now in the position to take Credit Card payments for Small Green Steps invoices. Credit Card payments are made via our MYOB accounting package and all processing fees are covered by Sustainable Directions Pty Ltd, the owners and developers of the SMALL Green Steps program.

Carbon Levels at an all time high

Levels of carbon dioxide in the southern hemisphere’s background atmosphere reached 400 parts per million, according to a measuring station at Cape Grim in Tasmania. World's carbon dioxide concentration teetering on the point of no return.

Repurpose unwanted kitchen items

Plastic Pollution - Not so Fun Facts

Are you still trying to get the message across about the growing impact of Plastic Pollution? Well here is a list of depressing statistics that you can chose from to mention in any communication to parents, families and staff to help inspire them to avoid single use products such as plastic bags, drink bottles, straws, etc.

Green Stars for Children

Little Learners show the way

Little Learners Early Education in South Morang, Victoria are well down the path to sustainability and a great example on how sustainable practices can be embedded across service operations. Approximately 40 staff from Little Learners are participating in the Small Green Steps program to add to their already impressive range of sustainability practices.